Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 45

Meaning of Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 45

Wadrib lahum mathala alhayatiaddunya kama-in anzalnahu mina assama-ifakhtalata bihi nabatu al-ardi faasbahahasheeman tathroohu arriyahu wakanaAllahu AAala kulli shay-in muqtadira

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1. وَٱضْرِبْwa-iḍ'ribAnd present
2. لَهُمlahumto them
3. مَّثَلَmathalathe example
4. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
5. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
6. كَمَآءٍkamāinlike water
7. أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuwhich We send down
8. مِنَminafrom
9. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
10. فَٱخْتَلَطَfa-ikh'talaṭathen mingles
11. بِهِۦbihiwith it
12. نَبَاتُnabātu(the) vegetation
13. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the earth
14. فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥathen becomes
15. هَشِيمًۭاhashīmandry stalks
16. تَذْرُوهُtadhrūhuit (is) scattered
17. ٱلرِّيَـٰحُ ۗl-riyāḥu(by) the winds
18. وَكَانَwakānaAnd Allah
19. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah
20. عَلَىٰʿalāover
21. كُلِّkullievery
22. شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
23. مُّقْتَدِرًاmuq'tadiran(is) All Able